Writes Tim McGraw:
Hi Lew, Radio Far Side on Martial Law
I read Far Side Radio’s latest article about Martial Law.
About five years ago, my Dad drove us to Independence, Missouri. This is the town where Harry S Truman grew up and lived. It’s also the town where the pioneers headed west in their covered wagons. Independence, MO, was also the center of the Border War between the Kansas Jayhawkers, who were anti-slavery, and the pro-slavery folks of Missouri.
Dad hired a local who did mule wagon tours of Independence. We saw the jail where Bloody Bill Anderson and his gang broke out of jail some of his men. Bill killed the pro-Union guard dead.
You’d be surprised how big a mule can get. They are fast, too. Independence was surrounded by mule farms. The mules would be sold to the pioneers going west.
Back to the Border War, which pre-dated the Civil War by a few years and continued (James Gang) after the Civil War ended.
The Kansas Jayhawkers would raid Missouri farms ( “The Outlaw Josey Wales”). The Missourians would keep a horse saddled and be ready to ride at any time day or night to react to a raid. Bloody Bill Anderson went to Lawrence, Kansas, and damn near killed everyone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_T._Anderson
On the mule tour of Independence, we saw a house, still used and occupied, with bullet holes from a Jayhawker raid on Independence.
Missouri was placed under martial law in August of 1861.
http://civilwarmo.org/educators/resources/info-sheets/martial-law
Martial Law was so oppressive that the locals, like the James brothers, became guerillas. Many joined Bloody Bill Anderson’s outfit. The local Union Army officer then rounded up the women of the area to get back at the guerillas. The women were held in a makeshift jail near the courthouse. The building collapsed through mysterious circumstances. The women died. The Missouri men became even angrier at the Union troops and the Jayhawkers. It was a bloody business.
Read the link above if you want to know what martial law is like. People were armed, and yet, the Union troops did their “assessments,” stealing money and land. They kidnapped and killed the women. Martial Law is no joke. The Army will come at you in force.
The link above gives more details about the jail collapse that killed the Missouri women. Martial Law is bad news. All your guns, ammo, and prepper gear will not save you. The Army will come at you with force. You may well lose all your assets, be imprisoned, exiled, or killed.
